Steve Zaillian to direct American remake of Timecrimes?
"That's something I might direct but I don't know. We have to cast it, but it's a tricky one, because I want it to be really low budget. I don't want to do a really bid budgeted film for that. I think part of its appeal is that it's kind of a low budget thriller, but it's even harder to get that made without a major actor, so the trick is to find the right actor that doesn't suddenly push the budget up into the 20s or 30s. I'd like to make it for 10 million bucks. You look at it and it's one of the rare opportunities where you have four characters, two locations, why do you need to spend $40 million dollars? This is a gift, this is a story that you wouldn't want to tell any differently, and it happens to be an economical way to go."
Zaillian's company -Film Rites - acquired the remake rights to Timecrimes in 2008, at the tail end of the Hollywood writer's strike, at which point it was set up with United Artists. Despite much speculation as to who might direct since then - both George Romero and David Cronenberg have been floated as possibilities - there have been no firm developments since and it is important to note that Zaillian is simply registering his own interest at this point. Whoever finances the film would need to agree for this to actually happen. No word on whether Zaillian will play one of the characters himself, as Vigalondo did. And while his remark on not wanting to tell the story in a different way begs the question of the necessity remaking it in the first place (cue the debate on remakes), it sounds like Zaillian appreciates the spirit of the film and he might be the right man for the job.
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